Searching for Assets Using Advanced Search Operators

Advanced search operators are query words or symbols that perform special actions in the search operation of WSO2 Governance Store. These operators allow you to find what you are looking for quickly and accurately. Once you access the Governance Store, you can search for assets by entering advanced search operators in the provided field as shown below.

If you need to search against all assets, do the search query in the Governance Store Home page or in the top-assets page, which you view when you click ALL in the left menu of the Governance Store Home page.
If you need to search against one asset type (e.g. search only in SOAP services), do the search query in the page which lists all assets of that asset type, which you view when you click the button of that asset type (e.g. Soap Service) in the left menu of the Governance Store Home page.
You can use the the wildcard (*) search, and the character ? to represent one character in the search queries.

Operator	Description	Example
`name:`	Specifies the asset name. You view assets which contain the word you enter in its name.	`name:`uber
`mediaType:`	Specifies the asset type (mime type). You view assets which contain the word you enter in its type.	`mediaType:`wsdl
`version:`	Specify the asset version. You view assets of which the version equals to what you enter.	`version:`1.0.0
`tags:`	Specifies tags attached to the asset. You view assets which are tagged with the word you enter.	`tags:`mac
`comments:`	Searches for assets with comments as preferred. You view assets which contain the word you enter in its comments.	`comments:`uber
`content:`	Searches for assets with content as preferred. You view assets which contain the word you enter in its content.	`content:`uber
`lcName:`	Specifies the asset's lifecycle name. You view assets of which the lifecycle name equals to what you enter.	`lcName:`ServiceLifeCycle
`lcState:`	Specifies the asset's lifecycle state. You view assets of which the lifecycle state equals to what you enter.	`lcState:`Development
`associationType:`	Searches for assets which are associated with the given type.	`associationType:`depends
`<PROPERTY_NAME>:`<PROPERTY_VALUE>	Searches for assets which have the given property. You view assets which have the given property and value. You can specify only one property in one search query.	note:uber
`<RXT_TABLE_NAME>_<RXT_FIELD_NAME>`:<RXT_FIELD_VALUE>	Searches for assets by the given RXT field value. You view assets which have the value as specified of the given RXT field name.	overview_category:Engineering
`author:`	Specifies the author of the asset. You view assets which are created by the given author.	`author:`admin
`updater:`	Specifies the last updater of the asset. You view assets which are last updated by the given author.	`updater:`admin
[space] - in between the search operators	Searches assets by two or more fields. You view assets which match all the given search operators.	`name:`echo `version:`1.0.0